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...much Clinton revises his plan will depend on how successful Republicans -- or for that matter, Democrats -- are at calling attention to such contradictions. Some Republicans believe it may already be too late. "Bill Clinton has overcome the chief flaw of Democrats of the last generation: they talked 'left,' legislated 'left' and were therefore 'left' with no appeal to most Americans," said Wayne Berman, a former Assistant Secretary at the Commerce Department under Bush. "What Clinton is doing is feinting to the center but legislating to the left...
...wish to speculate on the veracity of Professor Mansfield's claim. And I also feel little need to defend the Crimson from Ali's suggestion that by quoting Mansfield's opinion in an article it is "buttressing racism." I only seek to point to a central and characteristic flaw in Ali's arguments...
...truth.' " Why Clinton can't grasp this fact is anyone's guess. All we know is that we have been around this block before. Clinton's inability to come clean about his draft dodging during the campaign appears to have telegraphed an ongoing discomfort with uncomfortable truths, a character flaw that could cripple his effectiveness. "The lack of confidence in our leaders is our No. 1 problem," Clinton said last winter. "I mean to change that if I'm elected, because unless you restore the country's belief in its government and its faith in the pronouncements of the President...
...additive may help people who suffer from sickle-cell anemia, the inherited illness that afflicts up to 100,000 black Americans. A preliminary study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that butyrate, a widely used flavor enhancer, can overcome the basic cause of the disease. A genetic flaw leads the body to make abnormal hemoglobin, the blood protein that carries essential oxygen...
...troubling, GM could now face untold costs in settling liability lawsuits relating to fire hazards in its Chevrolet and GMC pickup trucks, 5 million of which are still on the road. Newly released internal documents indicate that from 1983 to 1987, GM recognized but failed to correct a design flaw that exposed side fuel tanks during crash impacts, allegedly causing about 300 deaths...